2014 MSNCT Survey
This survey gathered feedback from players and coaches about NAQT’s 2014 Middle School National Championship Tournament. There were 408 responses.
Some questions have responses that don’t total to exactly 100%; this is due to the rounding of individual values. Percentages reported are of those answering each individual question, since not all respondents answered every question.
Respondent
What is your role?
Did you stay in the tournament hotel?
How many spectators (siblings, friends, parents, but not coaches or players) did your team bring?
Distribution
For each category, please indicate whether you would like to see many more, more, the same, fewer, or many fewer questions in that area at a future MSNCT. The “%” column contains the current percentage of the set devoted to that category.
| Subject Area | % | Much fewer | Fewer | Same | More | Much More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 7.3% | 4% | 13% | 43% | 28% | 13% |
| Fine Arts | 4.9% | 9% | 25% | 37% | 19% | 10% |
| General/Mixed | 6.9% | 4% | 3% | 54% | 28% | 11% |
| Geography | 9.8% | 8% | 16% | 38% | 21% | 16% |
| History | 19.8% | 6% | 17% | 42% | 19% | 16% |
| Language | 2.2% | 6% | 17% | 43% | 25% | 10% |
| Literature | 14.0% | 10% | 20% | 37% | 18% | 15% |
| Math | 7.9% | 17% | 24% | 32% | 14% | 14% |
| Mythology | 1.9% | 4% | 7% | 27% | 33% | 28% |
| Philosophy | 0.8% | 13% | 17% | 47% | 15% | 8% |
| Pop Culture | 4.6% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 23% | 27% |
| Science | 16.9% | 8% | 15% | 45% | 18% | 14% |
| Social Science | 1.2% | 5% | 13% | 54% | 20% | 8% |
| Sports | 2.3% | 16% | 15% | 25% | 17% | 27% |
Difficulty
For each category, please indicate whether you thought the questions in those categories at the 2014 MSNCT were too hard, about right, or too easy.
| Category | Too easy | About right | Too hard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Events | 4% | 87% | 9% |
| Fine Arts | 5% | 70% | 25% |
| General/Mixed | 6% | 89% | 5% |
| Geography | 7% | 72% | 20% |
| History | 9% | 79% | 13% |
| Language | 7% | 76% | 16% |
| Literature | 5% | 67% | 28% |
| Math | 5% | 57% | 37% |
| Mythology | 15% | 76% | 9% |
| Philosophy | 5% | 74% | 20% |
| Pop Culture | 17% | 72% | 11% |
| Science | 8% | 69% | 23% |
| Social Science | 5% | 82% | 14% |
| Sports | 9% | 66% | 25% |
Out of 30, how many points per bonus should the following groups average at an ideal MSNCT?
Answers were rounded to the nearest integer. Non-numeric answers and answers not between 0 and 30 (inclusive) were ignored.
| PPB | The field | The top four teams | The bottom four teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 5 | 0% | 1% | 12% |
| 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 8 | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| 9 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 10 | 6% | 2% | 48% |
| 11 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 12 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 13 | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 14 | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| 15 | 14% | 1% | 5% |
| 16 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17 | 3% | 0% | 1% |
| 18 | 4% | 0% | 1% |
| 19 | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| 20 | 54% | 0% | 2% |
| 21 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22 | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| 23 | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| 24 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25 | 3% | 21% | 0% |
| 26 | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| 27 | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| 28 | 0% | 7% | 0% |
| 29 | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| 30 | 7% | 45% | 3% |
Location
Please rate each of these cities as possible sites for a future MSNCT.
| City | Excellent | Good | Poor | Would not attend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 35% | 46% | 12% | 7% |
| Boston | 30% | 43% | 16% | 11% |
| Chicago | 39% | 41% | 12% | 8% |
| Dallas | 21% | 36% | 26% | 16% |
| Denver | 20% | 39% | 24% | 17% |
| Houston | 17% | 41% | 24% | 18% |
| Indianapolis | 19% | 37% | 30% | 14% |
| Los Angeles | 42% | 21% | 17% | 20% |
| Minneapolis | 15% | 35% | 27% | 23% |
| New York | 45% | 26% | 17% | 12% |
| Philadelphia | 30% | 42% | 15% | 13% |
| Pittsburgh | 19% | 40% | 25% | 16% |
| St. Louis | 22% | 47% | 18% | 13% |
| San Francisco | 48% | 23% | 10% | 19% |
| Seattle | 32% | 31% | 17% | 20% |
| Washington, D.C. | 50% | 28% | 9% | 12% |